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Friday, 20 November 2020

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Churches holding to Bible’s teaching on sexual ethics likened to Holocaust deniers and rapists by LGBT activist

Churches and Christians that uphold the Bible’s teaching on sexual ethics have been compared to ‘Holocaust deniers’ and ‘rapists’ by General Synod member and LGBT activist Jayne Ozanne.

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Church leaders challenge Govt over closure of places of worship

The Westminster Government is facing possible legal action over its decision to close places of worship during the second lockdown in England.

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NI churches ordered to close in 2-week lockdown

Labour Deputy throws support behind trans self-ID

Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner has thrown her full support behind radical ideas to allow people to change legal sex by self-declaration.

Irvine Welsh blasts Scottish hate crime Bill

Renowned Scottish author Irvine Welsh has joined the long list of opponents to publicly hit out at the Scottish Government’s controversial hate crime Bill.

‘Assisted suicide never necessary’, say palliative care experts

The idea that assisted suicide is required to avoid dying in unbearable pain is a “fallacy”, leading palliative care experts have said.

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Call for review into number of DNARs in Scotland as patients ‘not informed’

NZ referendum rejects cannabis legalisation

New Zealand has rejected a move to legalise recreational cannabis in a public referendum.

23k call on Emmerdale to scrap Down’s syndrome abortion storyline

A petition calling on ITV to scrap an Emmerdale storyline on the abortion of a baby with Down’s syndrome has gained more than 23,000 signatures.

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Marie Stopes International changes name in break from eugenicist founder

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